Observances about nature and life
from just outside Victoria BC . . . and from sundry other locations

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

C is for Clouds

Rows and floes of angel hair,And ice cream castles in the air,And feather canyons everywhere;I've looked at clouds that way.But now they only block the sun,They rain and snow on everyone.So many things I would have done,But clouds got in my way.I've looked at clouds from both sides now,From up and down, and still somehowIt's cloud illusions I recall.I really don't know clouds...at all.

This lovely Joni Mitchell song was floating through my head today. It's a favorite of mine and has been since I first heard it in the '60s. Today is the first time we've seen clouds for quite a while. Such a prolonged stretch of summer weather is unusual for this area. It's been 12 weeks of sun with only one rainstorm that lasted about an hour and a half. But it looks like it may be coming to an end. Last night we saw these clouds.

And these ones this morning.

It's much cooler today and there's a prediction of rain for Thursday. I know that this is a good thing because it's very dry here and there are some raging forest fires in several places around BC. (Although thankfully not nearby.)

But like the song says--clouds get in the way. We're heading up-island to camp at a river for a couple of days with our little niece so we're hoping that they won't block the sun for the whole time we're up there.

If you're interested, you can find the complete lyrics of the Joni Mitchell song here.

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Occasional musings from Haliburton Hill, just outside of Victoria, BC. I live here with my husband Harry and our two Border Collies. We're empty nesters now as our son Jamie is at UBC. I started blogging about our winter trips to Mexico and the habit stuck.